(Curating) From A to Z offers a summary of the development of
curatorial practice over the last two decades, seen through the eyes of
curator, author and Deputy Director of the Jewish Museum, Jens Hoffmann
(born 1974). In this new publication, each letter of the alphabet evokes
a particular word related to the world of exhibition making--from A (as
in Art) and B (as in Biennial) to R (as in Retrospective) and W (as in
White Cube). Employing a diaristic style, the curator presents his
personal curatorial alphabet with a similar transparency and the same
idiosyncratic character revealed in many of his exhibitions. The entries
are not only stimulating and intellectually rigorous, but also
emotionally engaging.